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May 17, 2010 11:23



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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 15:50:56 UTC
I wouldn't say "mastered". "Vaguely competent", perhaps. Once I can make even stitches loose enough to feed along the needles without having to jam it all from the end, and I've made something more complicated... then maybe mastered.

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 16:14:24 UTC
Heh. It is a lot more complicated than crochet - but for that, you can do more interesting things, from what I'm seeing.

Plus I am a supergenius, after all. And cables are fun.

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firynze May 17 2010, 16:07:57 UTC
WOW. Okay, that is amazing.

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 16:15:54 UTC
It's just knits and purls. Save amazing for if I every bother doing something shaped, with cables and bobbles and all those weird pattern stitches. Gotta have something to work up to, after all.

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firynze May 17 2010, 16:17:42 UTC
Cables are really easy. It's counting stuff like your knits and purls there that defy me.

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 16:37:07 UTC
See, when your stitches are so tight you can't feed them along your needles, cables are a pain. Counting stuff, on the other hand... that's, like, what I do. It's math - who doesn't love math?

Admittedly, as mentioned, I miscounted at least a handful of times and had to go back to fix things several rows later.

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stephiny May 17 2010, 16:57:22 UTC
...my first knitting project was a rather crap scarf. I now feel suitably ashamed of my early efforts (and seriously impressed by yours).

I'm pretty sure I have a Ravelry account, I'll have to see if I can remember my username so I can stalk you there. Seriously, that's an awesome First Actual Knitting Project!

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 17:01:18 UTC
I found the pattern online, and it was, frankly, irresistible. One thing I've found, getting into a bunch of different crafts, is that I have to commit to doing something cool. If I commit to doing something cool, I'm invested in getting it just right, because otherwise, I will ruin the coolness of the thing. If I'd been making a geometric pattern, or something less interesting, I would probably not have noticed where I screwed up those few times till much later, and I probably wouldn't have worked so hard at even stitching, etc, etc... this way, the results are obvious, and when I'm done, I have something to show off.

Plus, having the LJ and a following to show off too doesn't hurt either. ;)

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stephiny May 17 2010, 20:47:59 UTC
I still have four people waiting for me to finish their scarves, a sock and a blanket to knit, but as soon as I've got that out of the way I want to get started on a double helix scarf. It's the first thing I've seen that I really think is cool

I like to start with things that are simple and easily achievable so that I know I'm able to do it. Then when I know I'm not going to make a mess I move on to making something more interesting that I can give away.

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 20:51:27 UTC
Well, I did start with simple - the swatch. The swatch proved I could do knits, and purls. Then, it was just a matter of alternating those stitches. This piece ain't all that hard, it just looks neat.

A DNA scarf seems pretty awesome. If I were planning something useful, I think I'd go for that, too.

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troubleagain May 17 2010, 20:24:12 UTC
Show-off.

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smarriveurr May 17 2010, 20:48:36 UTC
Always. If I'd been planning ahead, it would've featured cabled borders and some strange pattern of increases and decreases.

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troubleagain May 18 2010, 12:45:34 UTC
Heh.

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laurensa May 18 2010, 00:53:57 UTC
I started with a Doctor Who scarf. 12 feet of 12" wide garter stitch--yep, it was good practice. (It'll be done, if I ever get the fringe on.)

Of course, my very first crochet project was a 12x20" filet crochet banner with a lily and Black Letter wording on it. I tend to jump in at the deep end.

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smarriveurr May 18 2010, 01:27:10 UTC
The need to learn is much more pressing when you're miles from shore. ;)

Also, yeah, the investment is just higher when you're making something you personally find awesome. This is 100% how I got back into crochet, doing bats and demon mice and elder gods.

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